Rowan Crawford
@rowan.roundbird.nz
TypeScript slinger. On the very edge of Auckland & on the spectrum. He/him.
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Oh great. More stuff to have the recipe changed to horrible-tasting sweetners 🙄
UK sugar tax to be extended to more soft drinks and milkshakes on.ft.com/3Mneef5
UK sugar tax to be extended to more soft drinks and milkshakes
Move comes after brands change recipes to avoid levy
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Oh great. More stuff to have the recipe changed to horrible-tasting sweetners 🙄
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
Our mission was to tire out the pug so he would be cool when taken to a work party. Progress:
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Our mission was to tire out the pug so he would be cool when taken to a work party. Progress:
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Anyone would think we’re talking about 1000s of children being prevented from going through puberty forever with the use of puberty blockers.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Anyone would think we’re talking about 1000s of children being prevented from going through puberty forever with the use of puberty blockers.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
MIL got confused, unbuckled and attempted to leave the car in an 80km zone today. Between that and puzzling over the identification of sparrows I almost think she ain't doing so good
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
MIL got confused, unbuckled and attempted to leave the car in an 80km zone today. Between that and puzzling over the identification of sparrows I almost think she ain't doing so good
Ice hotels aren't as eye wateringly expensive as I would've thought — M however is all "the. bed. is. ice"
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ice hotels aren't as eye wateringly expensive as I would've thought — M however is all "the. bed. is. ice"
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The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
A survey of trans youth highlights the enormous value of puberty blockers – and the strong need for continued access to them....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
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‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
The Government’s decision to stop new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria for at least six years has been called politically motivated and discriminatory.
www.thepress.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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I think we may have started overusing "bro" as a pejorative. Some of these guys are just classic losers.
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I think we may have started overusing "bro" as a pejorative. Some of these guys are just classic losers.
Listening to the reassuring chuntering about how it's just sensible to renege on this or that tepid climate commitment and Rhea Seehorn's read of "you are traitors to the human race" weirdly keeps playing
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Listening to the reassuring chuntering about how it's just sensible to renege on this or that tepid climate commitment and Rhea Seehorn's read of "you are traitors to the human race" weirdly keeps playing
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Every single journalist or news outlet that uses or quotes the word "woke" without explaining what it means is facilitating and encouraging bigotry.
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Every single journalist or news outlet that uses or quotes the word "woke" without explaining what it means is facilitating and encouraging bigotry.
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Absolutely fuck these people. Politicians overruling medical professionals is a shit position.
NZ First are actually evil. They don't care how many lives they may ruin to get the anti-trans vote.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Absolutely fuck these people. Politicians overruling medical professionals is a shit position.
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Restricting the availability of puberty blockers to trans kids but allowing them for cis kids is a blatant violation of NZBORA (1990) and the Human Rights Act (1993).
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Restricting the availability of puberty blockers to trans kids but allowing them for cis kids is a blatant violation of NZBORA (1990) and the Human Rights Act (1993).
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
Pretty astounding in Juggernaut how people are still proud of their work strengthening precarity in NZ this long on.
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Pretty astounding in Juggernaut how people are still proud of their work strengthening precarity in NZ this long on.
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Why Auckland’s traffic is bad, in one map
Why Auckland’s traffic is bad, in one map
Hint: it’s not because we didn’t build enough motorway lanes....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Why Auckland’s traffic is bad, in one map
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Do you rely on others for support?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Do you rely on others for support?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
Making anzac biscuits so Eldest Child has two batches of food to give the kids that go to their workshop tomorrow
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Making anzac biscuits so Eldest Child has two batches of food to give the kids that go to their workshop tomorrow
mumbling the Naomi mnemonic to myself to figure out how to read a skeet
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
mumbling the Naomi mnemonic to myself to figure out how to read a skeet
Look what landed today!
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Look what landed today!
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I'm sure it's coincidental that most of the *anti-woke* people are also racist.
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I'm sure it's coincidental that most of the *anti-woke* people are also racist.
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Jazmine Mary can sing the heck out of Lithium
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Jazmine Mary can sing the heck out of Lithium
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DHS, LAW ENFORCEMENT? DOES NOT. PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN!!
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
DHS, LAW ENFORCEMENT? DOES NOT. PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN!!